--- title: "Des Clarke: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Des Clarke is a Scottish comedian and presenter. Next shows, screen credits and sources on D.O.C. Stand-up comedy. With sources." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-des-clarke.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian # Des Clarke ## Who Des Clarke is Des Clarke is a Scottish comedian and presenter. His own site describes him as a multi-award-winning performer of stage, television and radio, who has hosted the Capital Breakfast Show and Heart Scotland's breakfast show and fronted Breaking The News on BBC Radio Scotland. He has presented live and filmed items for BBC One's The One Show, including broadcasts from a rickshaw at the Edinburgh Fringe. ## Follow Des Clarke Put Des Clarke in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw Des Clarke live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## At a glance **On screen** The One Show and Breaking The News **Official site** [desclarke.com ↗](https://www.desclarke.com/) ## Is Des Clarke on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean Des Clarke has stopped touring; their own site is the place to look for new dates: [desclarke.com ↗](https://www.desclarke.com/). Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Is Des Clarke coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow Des Clarke and your town to hear when one is booked. ### Want Des Clarke in your town? Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked. Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out with Des Clarke →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### On screen - **The One Show** - **Breaking The News** BBC Radio Scotland ## Comedians like Des Clarke Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town. - [Amanda Hursy](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-amanda-hursy.html) also in Breaking The News - [Chris Ramsey](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-ramsey.html) also in The One Show - [Connor Burns](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-connor-burns.html) also in Breaking The News - [Ignacio Lopez](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ignacio-lopez.html) also in Breaking The News - [Joe Heenan](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-joe-heenan.html) also in Breaking The News - [Jon Richardson](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-jon-richardson.html) also in The One Show - [Juliette Burton](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-juliette-burton.html) also in The One Show - [Susie McCabe](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-susie-mccabe.html) also in Breaking The News [Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html) [Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html) ## Questions and answers ### Where is Des Clarke performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: [desclarke.com ↗](https://www.desclarke.com/). ### What TV shows and films are they in? The One Show and Breaking The News (BBC Radio Scotland). ### What is their official website? [desclarke.com ↗](https://www.desclarke.com/). ### Who are some comedians like them? [Amanda Hursy](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-amanda-hursy.html) (also in Breaking The News), [Chris Ramsey](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-ramsey.html) (also in The One Show), [Connor Burns](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-connor-burns.html) (also in Breaking The News), [Ignacio Lopez](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ignacio-lopez.html) (also in Breaking The News) and [Joe Heenan](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-joe-heenan.html) (also in Breaking The News). ## Are you Des Clarke? This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter. Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/des-clarke** [Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html) ## The full SUCDb record The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve. [Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-des-clarke.html) [Their own site ↗](https://www.desclarke.com/) ### Sources - [Official site ↗](https://www.desclarke.com/) Comedian and presenter; Capital Breakfast Show; Breaking The News on BBC Radio Scotland; Heart Scotland breakfast show - [The One Show turns 20 ↗](https://www.desclarke.com/the-one-show-turns-20/) Presented live and filmed items for The One Show over several years, including from a rickshaw at the Edinburgh Fringe Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026